The Olde Shaker Inn, which has occupied a former farmhouse at 1171 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham for almost 21 years, will close after dinner service on Friday, June 11, owner Thom Wallace tells me. …

Soup of the day in the cafeteria: chicken and rice. “We only have about a third of a cup, so I won’t charge you for it,” she says. “Thank you,” I say. Key information missing from this exchange, to be …